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When leaving a comment on a [[help:Talk Pages|talk page]] or other discussion, users need to 'sign' their comments by adding their 'signature' to the end. This automatically adds the user's name, a link to their page, and the date/time of the comment. | |||
Adding signatures is important as it makes it clear who is contributing to a discussion. Even though the [[Help:Page history|page history]] can prove who made each edit, a signature is a much quicker and simpler method for all users. | |||
'''Important:''' Signatures should never be added to articles - they are for discussions only. | |||
Your signature can be edited in [[Special:Preferences]] - but it should always include your username, link to your user page, and not be excessively long, large or distracting. Images or flashing colours are generally not permitted. | |||
Signatures of [[staff]] members will show up in a different colour with the badge for their rank. This should never be imitated by other users - keep your signature simple. | |||
==Signing your posts== | ==Signing your posts== | ||
The standard method of adding your signature is to add four tildes <code><nowiki>~~~~</nowiki></code>, right after your comment, on the last line. Just like at the end of this sentence. <nowiki>~~~</nowiki> | |||
When you save the page, this will automatically change into putting your username and the date. If you have customised your signature in [[Special:Preferences]], this will show instead of the username. | |||
You can quickly add your signature by pressing the signature button in the toolbar (4th button along). On an [[Apple Mac]] computer, the tilde is accessed by Alt+N. | |||
To display without the date, you can use three tildes. To display just the date, use filve tildes. These are only used in specific situations - a talk page comment would always use the standard signature. | |||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
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! | ! Signature !! Code !! Output | ||
|- | |- | ||
!4 tildes<br>Full signature | |||
| <code><nowiki>~~~~</nowiki></code> | | <code><nowiki>~~~~</nowiki></code> | ||
| | | [[User:Montario|Montario]] ([[User talk:Montario|talk]]) 21:18, 30 January 2012 (UTC) | ||
|- | |- | ||
!3 tildes<br>Username only | |||
|<code><nowiki>~~~</nowiki></code> | |<code><nowiki>~~~</nowiki></code> | ||
| [[User:Montario|Montario]] ([[User talk:Montario|talk]]) | | [[User:Montario|Montario]] ([[User talk:Montario|talk]]) | ||
|- | |||
!5 tildes<br>Date/time only | |||
|<code><nowiki>~~~~~</nowiki></code> | |||
| 21:18, 30 January 2012 (UTC) | |||
|} | |} | ||